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So if it's not among the most extreme things that have ever happened, someone should just shut up if they finds something offensive, right? That's basically what you're saying.

The real problem is more that the entire statue is creepily sexualized. Notice how the boobs are near-pristine. There's barely a scratch on them. It's a sexualized depiction of a murdered woman. She's been stripped of her head, arms, legs...everything except her bust is gone. This thing appeals to troglodytes who view women as walking pairs of breasts. iIf this doesn't sound disturbing to you...the thing looks like a serial killer's trophy.

"Offensive" is not misogyny. Again, please learn what that word means.

I am fairly sure Deep Silver is not a woman hating company. If you want to talk about extremes it would be people jumping to conclusions of how the entire staff of a company thinks over an ill-received marketing decision.

TitanXL wrote:

"Offensive" is not misogyny. Again, please learn what that word means.

"Misogyny is the hatred or dislike of women or girls. Misogyny can be manifested in numerous ways, including sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women."

SprintsMcGee wrote:

I'm hoping that the teaser image XSeed posted on Twitter is about them bringing over Pandora's Tower.

It is.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/01/16-1/xseed-games-to-publish-pandoras-tower-on-wii-this-spring

Why the hell does everyone want a 3DSXL so much? It can't really fit into pockets very well and a portable that can't fit into pockets is worthless.

Zac wrote:

And fans like y'all are hyperdefensive because the sort of anime you tend to consume most is often ludicrously misogynist, and you don't want to be cast in that light, so you deny up and down that any of it is misogynist at all. Seriously, the logical disconnect you have to make to think that your average harem and moe shows have zero elements of misogyny - or at the very least really primitive ideas about gender equality - is staggering. Now, watching and enjoying that stuff doesn't make you a misogynist, it doesn't mean you hate women or have prehistoric attitudes about gender equality (although many of you do, which I know because you express said ideas in these forums all the time. Certainly not all of you, but my point stands). But the content itself can be pretty blatantly misogynistic. And you don't like being told that, so when critics like myself (or - gasp - the several women I employ to write about anime here) do so, you get upset. It's understandable, but the piling on in this thread is getting ridiculous. Also, the "this thing is really gross and sexist, don't ever call anything slightly less gross and sexist gross and sexist" is a pretty dumb line of logic. I get that you don't want to hear it, but I'm not going to tell Todd not to say it.

Yes, thanks for proving my point exactly, which is, no one on this site has a clue what misogyny is.

HDN, and Mugen Souls to keep with those examples are juvenile, immature, pandering, and POSSIBLY sexist. Mugen Souls I would say is sexist, but having played HDN, the girls wear revealing outfits but there is nothing in their actions or the writing that comes off as sexist to me.

Having an ANIMATED girl in revealing clothing is NOT misogyny. Artists have been doing that for years. It is generally accepted the female body is a beautiful subject for artist. If you are going to say anime is misogynistic because the girls are almost nude, then be prepared to say the same thing for every work of art in human history that displays the female form in a nude or semi-nude state.

Misogyny is a term that should be used for the most hateful and violent depictions of women. I have been playing Corpse Party and while I think that it can sometimes be debatable if it is misogynistic, I decided to pick up the manga Corpse Party: Masamune thinking it was an adaptation of Corpse Party. hoo boy. That is misogyny. Only bad things happen to the girls, they are usually undressed before killed and implied raped and it's just disgusting. The author CLEARLY has some pent up feelings towards the fairer sex.

Crying misogyny over ever little thing deludes the original intent of the word for cases where it really needs to be applied, like this torso. With most anime say sexist, chauvinist, or disrespectful instead. But misogyny is hatred for women and hatred is a lot worse than simple disrespect.

Chagen46 wrote:

Why the hell does everyone want a 3DSXL so much? It can't really fit into pockets very well and a portable that can't fit into pockets is worthless.

The originals screen is far too small. The XL's screen size is about the same as the Vitas, which is a much better size to play games on.

well, I may be new here but I know one thing. We are spoiled when it comes to versions of consoles.

I have the first print, first day, 3DS. The screen size is the biggest of first print editions of nintendo portables. It is especially giant compared to the first print DS. It seems like it would be silly to say that you can't play a game effectively on the standard screen.

Ozzhiroth wrote:

well, I may be new here but I know one thing. We are spoiled when it comes to versions of consoles. I have the first print, first day, 3DS. The screen size is the biggest of first print editions of nintendo portables. It is especially giant compared to the first print DS. It seems like it would be silly to say that you can't play a game effectively on the standard screen.

Welcome to the forums!

I bet you don't need large type books, either. Some of us don't see so well.